CLYDE PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

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Our Vision

Our school learning community strives to prepare students for their future.

Values

We believe in developing respect, responsibility and resilience through a challenging and diverse

learning environment.

Issue No. 2 18th February, 2015 COMING EVENTS CALENDAR Friday February 20th - Badge Ceremony Assembly – 9.00am Monday February 23rd to Wednesday 25th - Year 3 & 4 Camp Wednesday February 25th to Friday 27th - Year 5 & 6 Camp Monday March 9th - Labour Day – Public Holiday Tuesday March 10th - Curriculum Day – Student Free Day Wednesday March 11th - Years 3,4,5& 6 House Athletics ______________________________________________________________________________________

Principal’s Report 18th

February 2015

School Council/School Council Elections

Congratulations to the following parents who were nominated for School

Council for two year tenures:

Denise Coupar, Kerri Lightowler, Sue Taylor & Julie Ledbury.

As the nominations matched the positions vacant there is no need to conduct an election.

Sam Hopkins will be a welcome addition to School Council as a staff representative. She will join

Nick Schneider, Tegan Sanderson and Doug Pumpa.

Our next School Council Meeting will be conducted on Monday 23rd

March at 6.00pm, this will

include the Annual General Meeting.

School Camp

As most parents are aware, school camp begins next week and will be held in

Torquay. The Year 3/4s will be attending the first half of the week and the 5/6s

swapping over for the second half. Those students not attending camp are expected

at school where alternative arrangements will be made

Badge Ceremony/Assembly

This Friday at 9.00am Clyde Primary will be holding its annual Badge

Ceremony in the Multi-Purpose Room. This ceremony is held to recognise

our student leaders for 2015. As a result there will be no afternoon assembly held this Friday.

Professional Development

Staff will be completing an E-Learning module on Mandatory Reporting this week.

Free Fruit

Clyde Primary School will continue to provide the students with free fruit this year.

Curriculum

Clyde Primary School will be continuing with Mathletics and Reading Eggs this year.

Please ensure your child is accessing these programs at home when

possible.

Nick Schneider (Acting Principal)

Welfare News

Welcome to 2015 for all existing and new parents and students. I hope everyone has

settled back into the school routine.

This year Clyde PS is continuing with our Bounce Back and Circle Time program.

Both teachers and students enjoyed these sessions last year and we aim to continue to

build on students social and emotional skills. These two programs will continue to be formally

taught to students each week and the skills will be regularly revised. I will keep you up to date on

the latest topics each newsletter.

Medical and emergency contacts

Please make sure all your child’s medical conditions and emergency contacts are

up to date with the office. This assists us to ensure your child’s needs and welfare

is met and if your child becomes ill or there is a problem at school.

Asthma

If your child has been diagnosed with asthma the school requires an up to date (not older

than 12 months) action plan to ensure that we meet the needs of your child. Please make

an appointment with your doctor to renew your child’s action plan if it is older than 12

months.

Psychologist at Clyde PS

Clyde PS has been fortunate to receive funding for a psychologist to work one day

a week in our school for the next 2 years. Currently contracts are being signed by

all parties involved but we will let you know when she begins.

National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence

Our school is participating in the National Day of Action against Bullying and

Violence again this year. It is being held on Friday 20th

March. More details to come!

Michael Grose Article

The article this week is about working in partnership with your child’s teacher to help your child

achieve their potential. At Clyde PS we encourage parents to talk to us if you have

any concerns or if you want some assistance with welfare and academic issues.

Hayley Taylor

Welfare Coordinator

Junior School Update

Welcome to 2015. It is great to see all children in the LC settle into school

routines and new students making friends. The LC teachers would like to thank

parents and carers for not coming into the building until after students have been

dismissed at 3:30 – the new students are able to find their parents easily now and

not become overwhelmed by all the “big people” in the LC.

By now your child should be bringing home their blue bag which has a take home

reading book, a reading diary and a home learning book inside. Teachers ask that these items are returned to

school each day so books can be changed daily and tasks checked throughout the week. We encourage

children to read their books and words daily to help improve their skills. It is great if

parents/carers write in the diaries each night and assist children to discuss what they have read

and whether they liked the story.

Every fortnight, you will find a new Maths Share numeracy activity in the home learning

book. These activities are a good way to introduce numeracy tasks to children. Each sheet will

include a challenge task and a due date. Tasks encourage discussion with parents/carers and

children working together to complete the activity. Also, each term children in the LC will be issued with a

project. This term you should have already received a project based on your family tree. Projects will be

displayed around the LC. Children enjoy seeing their work displayed for others to see their work.

Reading diaries will have Mathletics and Reading Eggs codes attached to them. Children will

be able to access these computer programs, using their individual codes, at home as well as at

school. Both programs are great ways to help improve literacy and numeracy skills. Children

will initially be given an assessment task for Reading Eggs, which will then put them at their

level of understanding. For younger students this may take a week or two to organise as they

are still developing their computer skills and we are rostering ICT equipment between the grades.

All notices and newsletters will be sent out via the school Tiqbiz App. If you have not

accessed this app yet, Rob Newell will be available to help you Mondays at 8:00 – 9:00 and

again at 15:30 – 17:00; also Friday 15:00 – 15:30. It is important to sign up for this service

as this is the way the world is communicating today. Please check the app for the school

newsletter which comes out each fortnight.

Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher if you have any queries. LC teachers have meetings

after school Tuesdays and Wednesdays but will make an appointment to see you as soon as possible. By

working together we can ensure all children will have a happy and successful learning time at Clyde

Primary.

Sharon Barker.

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Middle School Report

The year has started smoothly with the children settling in well to work towards their

individual goals.

Our middle school team teachers are Ms Beth Blake year 2, Mrs Lynda Sinnema and Mrs

Hayley Taylor year 2/3 and Mrs Pattie Chester year 3. Also assisting in our area are

Educational Support staff Mrs Sharon Diehl, Mrs Wendy Bass, Mrs Karen McBride, Mrs

Kerri Horrocks and Mr Chris Leboeuf.

Homework routines have been established with numeracy and spelling homework given out

on Monday to be returned with reading diaries on the following Monday. Children are

encouraged to read every night and record the books in their diaries.

This term our theme is Australia with the children about the country they live in. The year 3

children are looking forward to attending their first school camp at Torquay, which is on

Monday February 23 to Wednesday February 25.

Pattie Chester

Senior School Update

Welcome to Mr. Graham Mr Graham is teaching year 6 in the LAIR. We welcome him as the newest member of the senior

team.

Reading Adventure Reading Adventure is continuing and students have been given a new novel to read

over the course of 2 weeks and will then discuss the book with their group and

teacher or parent helper. Due to camp next week Reading Adventure will go for 3

weeks and will be held on Monday 2nd

March. Please remind your child to read daily

and to record this in their diary. Students are required to bring their novel back to

school each day. If your child is finding their book difficult please help to read the

novel with them as it is meant to be challenging.

VCOP and Big Write

The senior school is continuing to complete a Big

Write session once a week or fortnight. Students are

given the topic along with a letter to be signed the day before each Big Write. We would appreciate

if you would discuss the topic with them and help your child come up with ideas and vocabulary

words.

Homework

Homework is due on Tuesdays. Students are expected to have completed 5 nights

of reading (recorded in their diary), spelling and numeracy. Students who do not

hand this in on time will be attending lunchtime homework club.

Camp

We are very excited for camp next week. Please ensure that you read the required

items as listed on the form. If your child is not attending camp they are still

required to attend school.

Please don’t hesitate to speak to any of the senior team if you have any questions.

Tegan Sanderson

Library News

Premier Reading Challenge 2015

Once again congratulations to those students that completed the challenge in 2014.

Clyde PS will be participating again this year and it would be great to have all our students successfully

complete the challenge.

The challenge commences in February and closes on 31st of August 2015.

Prep to Year 2- are required to read or share reading with mum or dad a total of 30 books at their level.

Year 3 to 6– are required to read or share reading with mum or dad 15 books at their level.

You can check out the website for more information http://www.education.vic.gov.au/prc

A challenge book lists is available on the website and can be saved to your computer for future

reference.

Parent consent forms will go home this week. Once they are returned students will be issued a record

sheet, user name and password which will enable them to access the website.

Please fill out one form per student and return to your classroom teacher AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Please start keeping a list of all the Challenge Books you read so that they can be added to your list.

If you have any queries, please see Mrs Paula Diveney (PRC Coordinator)

Scholastic Book Club 2015

A new and exciting ‘Scholastic Book Club’ has arrived. Scholastic Book Club is issued 8 times a school year. All club benefits will be redirected back to purchasing library books and resources for our school.

Thank you for your support. If you wish to make a purchase from the catalogue, please complete the order form on the back of the catalogue and return them before the due date to your child’s classroom teacher, in an envelope clearly marked ‘Scholastic Book Club attention Mrs Diveney.’ Delivery will be approximately 2 weeks later. Alternatively you can now use the new ‘LOOP ‘ (Link Online Ordering Payment) for parents at www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP and follow the online direction. All orders are given to your child to take home. So if the order is a gift please make a note on the envelope including your contact number and I will ring you to make arrangements for collection.

If you have any questions regarding Scholastic Book Club, please see Mrs Diveney – Book Club Coordinator

Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge 2015

Consent Form The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development wishes to collect from schools the names and schools of students participating in the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge 2015. This information is required for the purpose of conducting the Challenge and printing certificates of achievement for students who meet the Challenge. The information is to be provided to the Department via a secure website, and it will be kept confidential in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2000. Consent is sought from students and parents for the provision and collection of this information by schools and the Department respectively. Consent is also sought for the publishing of successful students’ names in the Premier’s Reading Challenge Achievers Honour Roll in The Age in October or November 2015. If you have any concerns about providing the information requested please email readingchallenge@edumail.vic.gov.au. All queries will remain confidential. Details of the Challenge are available at www.education.vic.gov.au/prc. PLEASE NOTE: SECTION 1 of the consent form below must be signed for a student to participate in the Challenge and receive a Certificate of Achievement. SECTION 2 of the consent form below is optional. This section should be signed to give permission for a student’s name to be published in the Premier’s Reading Challenge Achievers Honour Roll in The Age in October or November 2015.

Mrs Paula Diveney – PRC Coordinator Clyde Primary School

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STUDENT’S NAME: (Insert full name) SCHOOL: Clyde Primary School CLASS TEACHER: YEAR LEVEL: .

SECTION 1: Consent to enter the Challenge and print certificate I have read the statement above and give permission for my child’s name to be entered in the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2015 and printed on a certificate. Signed: (Parent/Guardian) Date: / /2015 Print Name: (Parent/Guardian) SECTION 2: Consent to publish name in ‘THE AGE’ I have read the statement above and consent to publication of my/my child’s name in the 2015 Premier’s Reading Challenge Achievers Honour Roll. I understand that if I wish to withdraw this authorisation prior to publication it will be my responsibility to inform the Reading Challenge Coordinator at my child’s school on or before 1

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August 2015 in writing. Signed: (Parent/Guardian) Date: / /2015 Print Name: (Parent/Guardian)

SCHOOL BANKING! Student Banking has commenced for 2015. Banking is every Tuesday morning and forms are available from the office if

your child doesn’t have a Commonwealth Dollarmite account.

CAMP AUSTRALIA

You can register if or when you find yourself in a position where your need to

drop your child/ren off early or pick them up late. Don’t forget you can join on a

casual basis for those unavoidable emergencies.

Ph: 1300 105 343

Email: OSHC@campaustralia.com.au

Website: www.campaustralia.com.au

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BIRTHDAYS!!!

FEBRUARY

18th Ben K 06A Rory L 56A 22nd Lachlan G 56A 23rd Bailey F 56A 25th Gracie J 03A Jordyn C 45A 27th Lachlan B 01A MARCH 1ST Paige K 03A Nikith K 06A 2nd Jonah I 45A

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Birth Certificates and Immunisation Records

It is a legal requirement for all parents to provide a copy of their child’s birth

certificate and immunisation status certificate before their child

commences school.

If you have not already done so, could you please send a copy of

these documents to the school office as soon as possible?

Thank you

An immunisation status certificate can be obtained from the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register • phone 1800 653 809 or • email acir@medicareaustralia.gov.au • www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/online • visit your local Medicare Office.

PFA NEWS

The Parents and Friends Association is always happy to welcome new members

and extends this invitation to all but especially to our new families joining the

school. This is a great way to meet other parents and make some great friendships

while fundraising to for resources for our school.

Heather Brae Fundraiser Reminder

Our PFA fundraiser for Term 1 is Heather Brae - Supa Slice and Bakery Treats.

(Note that only the Supa Slice range comes packed in décor containers)

Please complete your form and return with the money to the White PFA box in the

office by Friday 27th

February 2015.

SORRY NO LATE ORDERS CAN BE ACCEPTED

Easter Raffle

The PFA would like to ask families to please donate something for our upcoming Easter Raffle such

as an egg/s, stuffed rabbit, basket or cello wrap etc.

All donations can be given to the front Office and are greatly appreciated.

Cranbourne Cash

Cranbourne Good Guys kindly donates “Cranbourne Cash” for each purchase

made. If you purchase an item there please ask for “Cranbourne Cash” for

Clyde Primary School no matter how small or large your purchase is. All

you need to do is bring it into to the front office once you have been given the

voucher. These vouchers are used to purchase raffle items and help replace electrical items within

the school when they stop working.

Canteen

Our school canteen is open every Friday. If you are able to assist in the canteen

could you please complete the form below and return it to the white PFA box in the

front office. A current Working with Children check is required.

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I am able to help in the Canteen:

(Please Circle)

Once per Term

More than once per Term - Please Specify ………………………………………….

Your Name……………………………………………………………………………

Your Phone Number………………………………………………………………….

*A roster will be sent home with your child. Thank you.

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